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Storm making progress

Last month, after nearly two years of nothing but losses, the Storm scored their first Provincial Junior Hockey League win since Nov. 18, 2014. And on the heels of that win, Simcoe broke another long streak.

Playing in Port Dover on Saturday, the Storm beat the Sailors 5-2 to snap a 44-game road losing streak.

Unfortunately that victory was followed by a 6-0 home loss to Glanbrook on Sunday.

After falling behind 1-0 in the first period of the Port Dover game, Simcoe stormed back to score the first two goals of the second. The two teams then exchanged goals before the intermission to make the score 3-2 for the Storm.

In the third period, Simcoe scored early and then added an empty-net goal to secure the victory.

Devin Schneider scored twice to lead the Storm with David Biro, Cole Feeney and Dakota Culbert adding one goal apiece. Matthew McKeraghan notched two assists and Culbert also added a helper for a two-point game.

Gavin McLeod was the winner in goal as Simcoe outshot Port Dover 54-30.

Provincial Junior Hockey League

Bloomfield Division

Port Dover Sailors

Following its 5-2 loss to Simcoe, the Sailors rebounded with a 5-4 win at home on Sunday against Hagersville.

Connor McQuahae and Steve Goeree were the goal scorers in the loss.

Against Hagersville, Port Dover fell behind 4-2 early in the third period before a late surge sent the Sailors to the win.

Brad Johnston and Matt Fulton scored the early goals with Johnston adding his second to get the Sailors to within one. Eric Mueller notched the equalizer and game winner, with Steve Goeree and Ashton Mikasko assisting on both.

Mueller also got an assist in the game, which was won by goaltender Mathew Venturelli.

Hagersville Hawks

The Hawks split their games, beating Dundas 6-1 at home on Saturday before falling 5-4 to Port Dover on the road on Sunday.

The Mounties played a home-and-away set with Tavistock on the weekend, winning 3-2 on the road on Friday and 6-1 at home on Saturday.

Brady Wheelans scored twice and Alexander Polillo once in the first period on Friday as Paris held on for the win.

Leading 3-1 going into the third period on Saturday, the Mounties secured the victory by scoring three more times.

Griffin Heitshu (3A) and Mikael Ruffini (1G, 2A) led the offence in the second game. Richard Brooks (2G), Mathew Walsh (1G, 1A) and Brett Wilson (1G, 1A) picked up a pair of points apiece. Cole Corriveau was the other goal scorer.

Davis McLean and Cameron Gratton split the wins in goal.

Burford Bulldogs

It was a tough week for the Bulldogs as they lost twice on the road, 5-3 to Woodstock on Friday and 10-3 to Wellesley on Saturday. David Denardi (1G, 1A) and Mitch Randell (2A) were the leading scorers in the first game. Jessen DaSilva and Kurtis Christo also scored. Jesse Szabo (2A) and Denardi (1G, 1A) provided the offensive spark in the second game, which also saw Calum Smith and Randell score.

Delhi Travellers

In two losses last week, the Travellers were outscored 13-3. Jared Misener, Bailey Pritchard and Peyton Van Boekel scored the goals.

Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League

Golden Horseshoe Conference

Caledonia Corvairs

After an easy victory in Buffalo on Tuesday, Caledonia scored two close wins against Welland on the weekend.

In a 5-4 win on Saturday, the Corvairs almost let penalties get in the way of a victory as they were assessed 81 minutes to Welland's 39.

Leading the game 4-1 going into the third period, Caledonia was back on its heels after Welland scored twice early on. The Corvairs got one back but with less than a minute to play, Welland scored twice on the power play to make things close.

Guy Polillo (1G, 2A), Christian Polillo (1G, 1A), Joshua DeFarias (2A) and Brandon Lindberg (2G) were the offensive catalysts for the Corvaris as Welland went 2-for-15 with the man advantage.